Lamentations 2:3

New Century Version

In his anger he has removed all the strength of Israel; he took away his power from Israel when the enemy came. He burned against the people of Jacob like a flaming fire that burns up everything around it.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:25

The people of Judah have left me and have burned incense to other gods. They have made me angry by all the evil things they have made. So I will punish them in my anger, which will not be put out.’

Job 16:15

“I have sewed rough cloth over my skin to show my sadness and have buried my face in the dust.

Psalm 132:17

“I will make a king come from the family of David. I will provide my appointed one descendants to rule after him.

Psalm 74:11

Why do you hold back your power? Bring your power out in the open and destroy them!

Psalm 75:10

He will take all power away from the wicked, but the power of good people will grow.

Psalm 75:5

Don’t try to use your power against heaven. Don’t be stubborn.’ ”

Psalm 79:5

Lord, how long will this last? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like a fire?

Psalm 89:24

My loyalty and love will be with him. Through me he will be strong.

Psalm 89:46

Lord, how long will this go on? Will you ignore us forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?

Isaiah 1:31

Powerful people will be like small, dry pieces of wood, and their works will be like sparks. They will burn together, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”

Isaiah 42:25

So he became very angry with us and brought terrible wars against us. It was as if the people of Israel had fire all around them, but they didn’t know what was happening. It was as if they were burning, but they didn’t pay any attention.

Jeremiah 21:14

But I will give you the punishment you deserve, says the Lord. I will start a fire in your forests that will burn up everything around you!’ ”

Jeremiah 4:4

Give yourselves to the service of the Lord, and decide to obey him, people of Judah and people of Jerusalem. If you don’t, my anger will spread among you like a fire, and no one will be able to put it out, because of the evil you have done.

Jeremiah 48:25

Moab’s strength has been cut off, and its arm broken!” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:20

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: I will pour out my anger on this place, on people and animals, on the trees in the field and the crops in the ground. My anger will be like a hot fire that no one can put out.

Lamentations 1:13

“He sent fire from above that went down into my bones. He stretched out a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me so sad and lonely that I am weak all day.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord turned loose all of his anger; he poured out his strong anger. He set fire to Jerusalem, burning it down to the foundations.

Ezekiel 13:13

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: I will break the wall with a stormy wind. In my anger rain will pour down, and hailstones will destroy the wall.

Ezekiel 7:14

They have blown the trumpet, and everything is ready. But no one is going to the battle, because my anger is against all that crowd.

Nahum 1:6

No one can stay alive when he is angry; no one can survive his strong anger. His anger is poured out like fire; the rocks are smashed by him.

Malachi 4:1

“There is a day coming that will burn like a hot furnace, and all the proud and evil people will be like straw. On that day they will be completely burned up so that not a root or branch will be left,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Luke 1:69

He has given us a powerful Savior from the family of God’s servant David.

Luke 3:17

He will come ready to clean the grain, separating the good grain from the chaff. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn, but he will burn the chaff with a fire that cannot be put out.”

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger has started a fire that burns down to the place of the dead. It will burn up the ground and its crops, and it will set fire to the base of the mountains.